Cable tied spring units



Aug. 24,1943. H. w. STERNBERG 2,327,749

CABLE TIED SPRING UNITS Filed Sept. 20, 1940 Patented Aug. 24, 1943 .7 `s c l 2,327,749 A f f u CABLEJ'EIED SPR-INGKUNITS Huot WaterSternherg, Westport,l Conn., assigner Hto .ThetiOwen ,Silent Springk Company.,A Inc., lBridgeport;Conn., a corporation uit'k Connecticut Application September 20, 1940', SeriaiNo;` 3575542 s claims. rc1. 55257) ThisinventionV relates toiimprovements -in spring units and more particularly -to` improvements in ties and in clips vforconnecting the ties to 'opstanding-helical springs.

to atten the cable as`-indicated at I3 to frictionall-y* grip? thecableand to spread thecable laterally4 intoY tight-*frictionar contact-with the springs Yto hold the clip; cableand springs fixedly in well known constructions adjacent upstando secured together. By using a cable of smaller ingr helical springs and wire ties are secured todiameter than that of the wire from which the getheiby clips. These constructions are not ensprings are formed, a certain amount of free tirely satisfactory as the wire ties break after vertical movement of the cable within the ends a certain amount of use and in certain instances of the clip is permitted as indicated in Fig. 4 by the wire ties work out through the cover atan l the spaces lo so that adjacent springs may be edge of the cushion into a position to cause indepressed without, producing a cutting action by jury. the ends of the clip on the cable. The cable is Among the objects of this invention is the thus securely anchored against longitudinal provision of ties in the form of twisted Wire movement in the clips and against rotation in strands or cables (herein referred to as cables) l the clips and the tendency to rotate is also re- So oonneoted to adjacent Springs aS toeive induced by the fact that the length of the cable creased life to the ties and therefore to the cushbetween. adjacent clips is angularly yieldable so ion, and to provide a more flexible construction. that rotation given to one end of such length Other objects of this invention will app-ear from by the depression of adjacent springs will not be the following description taken in connection 2o transmitted to the other lend of such `length in With the drawing in which; the next adjacent clip. The springs are tied Fit? 1 ShOWS a 110D Plan View partly broken together in an leilcient manner by the cables. "Wey 0i a Spring unit equipped with cable ties; While the cables possess the desired .amount of Fie. 2 iS an enlarged top plan View of portions nexibility, they are cfsufricient rigidity to hold ci adjacent springs, a section of a cable tie, and adjacent springs spaced apart. 4 a Clip connecting the same together; in applying the clip 1 may use dies sc formed Fig. 3 is a transverse Vertical section on the that the clip will take the shape disclosed at l5 line 3-3 oi Fig.2; in Fig. 5, in which the upper wall l? of the clip Fig, 4 is a longitudinal vertical section on the is of arcuate form, thatis, the openings i5 in the line 4-4 0f Fig 3; and i 30 ends of the clip are relieved or flared upwardly Fig 5 S a Section COlIeSpOIidng 'G0 Fg- 4 so that two adjacent springs maybe compressed showing a clip with relieved ends. a considerable amount before the upper wall of In Fig. 1 is disclosed a cushion unit comprising the clip engages ,the Cable thus preventing the upstanding or vertical helical springs 6, the ends Clip from Cutting the Cable Oy bending the cable of the upper convolutons of Which may be free about the edge of the clip which would cause the and preferably bent downwardly or may be Cable to break knotted to the next lower convolution as 1s well By means of this invention I have provided understood.. ihe cushion unit may be surround' a construction in which the ties provide a very ed b5. a We frame 1' 1f desred' .As h sclosed nexible cushioning unit and in which there is no in this figure I employ. cables a as ties Whlch are 40 danger of injury due to ties working out through interposed between and 1n the horizontal plane Y w the side of the covei of the cushion. These ties of the upper convolutions of the hellcal springs t 1 t i t. 1 th and as disclosed more particularly in Figs. 3 and have been fofmd ,o as Several I ms Unger an and 4, the cables are preferably of smaller diamthe usual Wlre mes; AS the fflctlonal engage" eter than the diameter of the wire from which menf '0f the .ties wlth the springs provides for the Springs are formed The Cable and dJ-af locking the ties againstllongitudmal movement cent springs are secured together by an encircling relative t0 the sprlngs, 1t will `not be necessary hand clip lo which surrounds the wire cf the t0 indent the Clip on tilev springs as 111 Certain springs and the cable, the ends cf the clip being prior Constructions folded uponeach other as indicated at 5() While I have described two modications -of The clip is secured to the springs and cable by my invention it is to be expected that changes indenting the upper wall cf the clip as at l2 and modoations may Suggest themselves to whichvproduces a projection which has a diamthose familiar with this art after understanding eter substantially the same as that of the cable my invention and it is to be understood that I and which may be and preferably is of a lengthl reserve the right to all suchchanges as fall withof the appended claims.

I claim:

l. In a device comprising two wires and an interposed twisted wire cable in juxtaposition in a common plane, and a clip surrounding said juxtaposed wires and cable and indented at a point centrally of its length upon the, cable, said indentingy being of sufficient depth to flatten saidv cable and to spread the same laterally into frictional holding engagement with said Wires, and

said cable being of smaller diameterthan said wires whereby freedom of movement of said cable Within the ends of said clip at right angles to said plane will be permitted. Y

2. In a device comprising three elements inA in frictional-wed'ging engagement with said por-A in the principles of this invention and the scope I tional holding engagement With said wires, and said cable being of smaller diameter than said wires, the Wall of the clip in which the indentation is formed being of an arcuate form with its center on the same side of the clip as the indentation.

3. In a. spring cushion comprising parallel rows y of helical wire springs, cable ,ties interposed between adjacent portions of the terminal convolutions of adjacent springs of adjacent rows, said ties being of shorter diameter than the diameter of the wire stock from which the springs are formed, and clips surrounding said ties and said portions of said springs and secured to said ties and saidjportions of said springs by indentations impressed 'in the portions of the clips overlying the outer faces of said ties, producing projections tions of said springs and in compression engagement with said ties, flattening and spreading said ties into frictional engagementwith said portionsof said springs.

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